From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Mon, 24 Sep 2001 11:44:26 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Mon, 24 Sep 2001 11:44:16 -0400 Received: from prgy-npn1.prodigy.com ([207.115.54.37]:54545 "EHLO deathstar.prodigy.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Mon, 24 Sep 2001 11:44:05 -0400 Date: Mon, 24 Sep 2001 11:44:32 -0400 Message-Id: <200109241544.f8OFiWI05617@deathstar.prodigy.com> To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH] Athlon bug stomper. Pls apply. X-Newsgroups: linux.dev.kernel In-Reply-To: <20010924013328.A29582@gondor.com> Organization: TMR Associates, Schenectady NY From: davidsen@tmr.com (bill davidsen) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org In article <20010924013328.A29582@gondor.com> jan@gondor.com wrote: | On Tue, Sep 18, 2001 at 05:51:48PM +0300, VDA wrote: | > Since we don't have any negative feedback on Athlon bug | > stomper, I think patch could be applied to | > arch/i386/kernel/pci-pc.c in mainline kernel. | | BTW, just for the statistics: On the Duron 600 machine, for which | I reported the athlon bug, the fix does not work. Register 0x55 has | a default value of 0x81, but setting it to 0x01 (as the fix does) | doesn't solve the problem, athlon optimised 2.4.9 kernels still fail | to run. I don't consider "doesn't fix the problem" a negative report in this case. If the system worked without the patch and failed with, that would be very negative. | But, OTOH, the computer in question regulary oopses on 2.4.0-test7 which | didn't have the athlon optimises page copy routine at all, so it may be | just a case of faulty hardware :-( I've been cursing getting an Athlon, because some applications I got as rpms didn't work. With the patch they do, and I have to assume that the code notes an Athlon and tries to use whatever caused the kernel to oops. Fortunately these are development software I'm evaluating for someone, and I let them know what was happening before they offered it to the public. -- bill davidsen "If I were a diplomat, in the best case I'd go hungry. In the worst case, people would die." -- Robert Lipe